Listen… I know you don’t think of it that way but purposefully making yourself several shades darker than you really are to have a different look is just socially accepted brownface. Go look at @fandomshatepeopleofcolor and search “tanning” if you want more info on that.
And if you’re worried about the lighting being the difference, here’s some more similar photos.
That really is more than just a tan, especially when she’s kept that shade her whole music career. And it’s definitely fair to say it’s blackface when you go from looking like this
To looking like this
I chose the photo with Nicki Minaj so y'all can see just how dark she’s made herself. In the same lighting she is even darker than Nicki.
I thought she was protecting off of her Latina heritage… is she even a Latina